Bug 18550

Summary:	RuntimeError: /usr/bin/chfn can not be run
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <grundman>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0
Target Milestone:	---
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2000-10-06 19:59:52 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Description Need Real Name 2000-10-06 16:55:44 UTC

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 438, in ?
    intf.run(todo, test = test)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030, in
run
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 507, in
__call_
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1632, in
doInstall
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1384, in
writeConfiguration
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1168, in
create
Accounts
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 40, in
execWit
hRedirect
RuntimeError: /usr/bin/chfn can not be run

Local variables in innermost frame:
argv: ['/usr/bin/chfn', '-f', '', 'user']
root: /mnt/sysimage
stdin: 0
newPgrp: 0
stdout: 22
stderr: 2
command: /usr/bin/chfn
searchPath: 0
ignoreTermSigs: 0

ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iurlinstall
UrlInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'baseUrl'
p6
S'ftp://172.16.1.1/pub/redhat/i386/en'
sbsS'initlevel'
p7
I3
sS'progressWindow'
p8
(itext
ProgressWindow
(dp9
S'scale'
p10
(isnack
Scale
(dp11
S'w'

<failed>

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-10-06 19:59:47 UTC

This is most likely a dupe - you probably got a corrupt package which was
incompletely installed, leaving this required binary off your machine.

You should try reinstalling and it should not happen again.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 17928 ***